A series of
writings from me; Sheryl Malin, a passionate person sharing her experience with
Functional Medicine. Not just the
symptom, but the cause – root of a disease.
ADVISE FROM A TREE
FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE
How valuable
is your health worth? When we get sick
we go to the doctor to get fixed up.
They ask you how you feel and go by your symptoms. They take tests on you to rule out any issues
you may have to find the disease and then treat it with a pill. But do they find out the cause, the root of why
you have been feeling the way you do and why the disease is there. No, not normally!
For six
years, I have been studying on how I might have ended up with breast cancer and
why I chose Functional Medicine. The
reasons for my beginning the program which lead me to my journey I am sharing
with you.
To explain
all of this, I have taken the advice from one of the oldest types of trees, the
bristlecone pine. First, we have to
understand the growth and why they can live to be over 5000 years old.
We need to
use our imagination and explore the branches of this pine tree as the diseases
that are diagnosed daily. Each one is
treated by our conventional doctors as symptoms and are given medication for
treatment. Isn’t this like putting a
band aid on a cut? Now, what would you
think the oldest pine tree would do? Well,
it would talk to its roots and ask what it was lacking. The branches would ask
the tree, is it due to the environment (climate, chemicals, water, lack of
sunshine, the soil. All of these situations
have something to do with why the pine isn’t growing and is getting sick.
This is much
like us, the cause of why we get diseases are much like the pine tree. In order for us to correct the problem we
must go deeper into the root, the why.
This is Functional Medicine. Many diseases begin in the gut because of
our food. The other reasons which cause
our illnesses are the environment (pollution), the food (chemicals, GMO’s
processing), water we drink, stress, lack of exercise, and our DNA. In later writings, I will explain all of the
above and how we can change our health by changing our lifestyle. Also, how we can alter our DNA to making it
be healthy.
Take it from
the bristlecone pine the oldest tree in the world, stand tall and proud. Go out on a limb. Remember your roots. Drink
plenty of water. Be content with your
natural beauty and enjoy the view.
Remember
there are no mistakes – just lessons. Trust and love yourself and know that
anything is possible.
Coming up –
OUR ENVIRONMENT. I was taught by a wise
doctor in Mexico that stated to me, “you may not be able to change the
environment outside your home, but you can change it within your home”.
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